David Burke Fabrick Opens

The restaurant is on the ground floor of a garment district hotel, hence the name. The executive chef is Adin Langille, but the concept and the menu are the work of David Burke, who until a week ago was also going to be an executive chef at the restaurant. Mr. Burke remains a partner in the David Burke Group but is stepping out of the kitchen. “I want to do other things like consulting, licensing deals and product development,” he said. “It was now or never.” Fabrick has an open kitchen with a wood-burning oven for turning out dishes like octopus tacos, baked pork shoulder with “angry” garlic, barbecued lamb chops and some selections that bear Mr. Burke’s clever touches, like a skate “chop” and “sticks on a salt brick” made with skewers of duck parts on a signature slab of pink Himalayan salt. (Opens Thursday): Archer Hotel, 47 West 38th Street, 212-302-3838, davidburkefabrick.com.

Opening

NEW AMSTERDAM MARKET The market will make its seasonal debut on Saturday, with nearly 60 vendors. It will operate monthly on Saturdays or Sundays through Dec. 20: South Street Seaport, newamsterdammarket.org.

R&D FOODS Two years ago, when Ilene Rosen and her partners opened 606 R&D, a home-style restaurant and bar, they wanted to set up a retail area for food to go, but there was not enough space. Now they have acquired a nearby storefront and opened a shop selling breads, cheeses, sandwiches, prepared foods, charcuterie, cake doughnuts made with Dreesen’s batter and a small selection of seasonal produce, much of it grown locally: 602 Vanderbilt Avenue (St. Marks Avenue), Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; 347-915-1196; rdfoodsbklyn.com.

RISTORANTE ALTESI The owners of Savore in SoHo have opened this Tuscan-style restaurant with a fairly classic menu, a backyard and a rooftop bar: 26 East 64th Street, 212-759-8900, altesinyc.com.

SEAWATER GRILL AT GURNEY’S The new restaurant in Gurney’s Montauk Resort has an ocean view and serves lunch and dinner. Run by Jennifer LeRoy with Seth Levine in the kitchen, the dinner menu features a raw bar, salads, clam strips and a Reuben flatbread: 290 Old Montauk Highway, Montauk; 631-668-2345; gurneysmontauk.com.

Closed

SORELLA Emma Hearst and Sarah Krathen have closed their classy little Italian restaurant on the Lower East Side.

Chefs on the Move

ROBERT AIKENS has left the Shakespeare and the Peacock to pursue other opportunities. Jason Hicks, a partner, is now the chef.